Loading ...The $600M cost of Danielle Smith’s carbon deal with Ottawa – National Post
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Friday was quick to tout the potential economic benefits of her latest pipeline deal with Prime Minister Mark Carney. Beneath those headline claims, however, is a much less visible $600-million cost.
At least, that’s how much Alberta taxpayers could be asked to pay in order to prop up Smith’s new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ottawa that, among other things, promises to ratchet up carbon taxes to $130 per tonne by 2040. Under Friday’s agreement, Alberta and the feds promised to spend up to $1.2 billion toward that end, splitting the cost equally between both parties.
As an idea – perhaps all monies collected on existing and future enhanced WEF orchestrated carbon taxes should be set aside in an international bank account until such time as the pipeline is actually built and operating. This might encourage the socialist government to follow through on it’s commitments to built the pipeline and not use it as an ongoing political tool to blackmail Alberta……..